{"id":2228,"date":"2026-02-21T14:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/maritime-organization-of-west-and-central-africa-celebrates-50th-anniversary-in-banjul\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:17:10","slug":"maritime-organization-of-west-and-central-africa-celebrates-50th-anniversary-in-banjul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/maritime-organization-of-west-and-central-africa-celebrates-50th-anniversary-in-banjul\/","title":{"rendered":"Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Banjul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u200eIn a landmark celebration of progress in maritime administration, the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) on Friday celebrates its 50th anniversary at the Sir Dawda Kairaba International Conference Center in Bijilo, marking five decades of cooperation, resilience, and shared maritime advancement.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eThe event was attended by Vice President Muhammed BS. Jallow, Transport Minister, Ebrima Sillah, Attorney General, Dawda Jallow, and other stakeholders from West and Central Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eIn his address to the stakeholders, Vice President Jallow, reaffirmed Gambia&#8217;s commitment to modern maritime development, citing the modernization of the Port of Banjul and the construction of a new deep-sea port at Sanyang as examples.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eWhile Minister of Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah assured that Gambia&#8217;s tenure as Chair will prioritize digitalization, environmental protection, port efficiency, and sustainable financing.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eThe Gambia has assumed Chairmanship for the first time since the establishment of the organization in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>\u200eThe celebration marked member states&#8217; commitment to stronger maritime governance, anchored on service and vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u200eIn a landmark celebration of progress in maritime administration, the Maritime Organization of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}